Effect of shoulder angle on the activation pattern of the elbow extensors during a submaximal isometric fatiguing contraction

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 514-521

  Davidson, Andrew W ^a   Rice, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anconeus; Elbow extensors; EMG; Fatigue; Shoulder angle; Triceps brachii

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ACTION POTENTIAL; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AXONS; ELBOW; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SHOULDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957685327     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21717     Document Type: Article

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